Visit to Samuel and Cindy

Yesterday afternoon we went to visit our Ni-Vanuatu friends Samuel and Cindy Katipa and 3 of their 4 children Vita, William and Christopher (their 3rd child Ariv lives with Samuel's Mum Annie on Tanna Island). There are 2 extra boys in this photo, but William is the one on the left and Christopher has the red T-shirt on (I think! They hardly stopped moving down on the beach so it was hard to tell, they love being in the water and playing in among the trees and rocks).

 They live at Pango, a village on the outskirts of Port Vila, and it's only a 10-minute walk from their house to the beach. It's a rocky beach not sandy, but we still had a lovely swim to cool off. We definitely appreciated our Aquasocks!

 I was pre-occupied with photos just before we got in the water and so I took my watch in for a swim by mistake. It's not waterproof, but fortunately it's still telling the right time. We forgot to take photos at their house, but we'll be going back again so we'll take some then.

We got to know this family when Samuel was studying at Waikato Uni and started coming to our church, Knox Christian Centre. Cindy and the children came out to join him after a few months, and Christopher was born in NZ. All the children, especially the two littlest ones, were the darlings of the congregation!